At sunset, the grassland is shrouded in a golden glow. Under the mountains, there was a cavalry galloping towards the grassland, like a sharp sword plunging straight into the boundless grassland, as if trying to cut this gray cloth in half.

The indentation of the cart on the grassland can easily follow without looking closely. After all, ten carts, full of wine and meat, and traces of sheep and pigs, don't be too obvious.

The leader of the cavalry is none other than Ma Xianglin, who is known as the one-eyed pony Chao. About halfway through the journey, before he met Jianyu's Tanma, he knew that something must have changed on Jianyu's side.

"Hurry, hurry!" He beckoned back, and urged his horse to speed up. This is a rare opportunity, and I must kill a few more Jianyu with my own hands. It is better to catch the son of the chief of the slave, not only can he breathe out the sulking in his heart, but also make the greatest contribution since the war against the captives, which is really killing two birds with one stone.

The ten-mile grassland road does not take much time for the cavalry army that has increased its speed. The sunset seemed to have only moved a little, and the camp was in the distance.

"My lord, wait for the rear army to come up and get closer, right?" A confidant general approached Ma Xianglin and suggested loudly.

Ma Xianglin ignored him, just stood up on the horse, overlooked the camp of the Jianyu, and ordered to himself: "The Jianyu seems to have escaped, chase me!"

Behind him is his mother and daughter-in-law, so he doesn't have to worry about support at all. As long as his striker can bite the captive, the rear army will be able to pounce in an instant, and there will be no other means of other pig teammates.

If it was another Ming army, Ma Xianglin would have to consider whether the rear army would watch the battle situation and let himself consume Jianyu's troops first, or pick peaches or avoid its edge and other disgusting things.

Ma Xianglin's judgment was indeed not wrong, their cavalry army directly entered the Jianyu camp, and they didn't see any Jianyu at all, but the people sent out before, including the young man named Xiao Wu, were all killed.

Judging from the situation in the camp, at least half of the prisoners were eating and drinking. But it seems that he suddenly found something, and ran away in a hurry.

"Give me chase!" After Ma Xianglin saw the situation clearly, he didn't get off the horse at all, just shouted, and was the first to urge the horse to go out to the gate of the back camp, and chased down along the traces left on the grassland.

After a while, Qin Liangyu led the rest of the cavalry to the camp. Zhang Fengyi saw her husband's back from afar, and couldn't help but say anxiously: "Mother-in-law, don't chase after the poor, let your husband come back at a loss?" ”

Qin Liangyu, like her son, did not panic, and after carefully observing the situation in the camp, she ordered loudly: "Jianyu should have no combat power, chase me!"

Zhang Fengyi was convinced by her mother-in-law's words, and she was worried about her husband's safety, so she was the first to chase her out.

Qin Liangyu also followed closely behind, leading the army in pursuit. For Jianyu, she did not have a psychological shadow like other Ming troops. Now the famous white pole army can be said to have been trained by her, and the people selected are the strongest people in Shizhu. followed her to fight in the north and south, and had already gone through the training of war. It's just a pity that there were not many veterans in the first battle of the Hunhe River back then.

In the original history, the White Pole Army has always been a strong army in front, and has made a lot of contributions and made a great reputation. It's just a pity that Qin Liangyu has been fighting for the Ming Dynasty, and there is not much time to rest at all. It's just a stone pillar of soldiers, and in the later stage, the strong stone pillar people have long been consumed, and there are many new soldiers in the army, and the natural combat power is not as good as before, so there are not many victories to speak of, only to serve the country with enthusiasm.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen, who was in Beijing, did not wait for Zhang Fengyi to report the latest battle situation, went to the primary group to have a look, and did not see Hao Ge speaking, so he simply calmed down and quit the chat group to watch Wen Tiren's recital.

This recital is about his exposition of the reform of the imperial court's taxation. has been delayed until now, and finally solemnly handed it over after Emperor Chongzhen met Sun Chengzong. Because of this, he didn't find Zhang Fengyi's message at the first time.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen remembered that when Wen Tiren handed it over, there was a hint of determination on his face, and he couldn't help but feel a little curious in his heart, so he opened it and looked at it.

I saw him nodding his head or shaking his head as he watched. After reading it, he closed the music and thought about it for a while. Then he turned his head to look at the sky, it was almost evening at this time, and it was about to get dark, Emperor Chongzhen hesitated slightly, or ordered the first assistant to be summoned in the Wenhua Palace.

Wen Tiren has actually been absent-minded, just like the students who took the college entrance examination in later generations, waiting for the results to be announced.

As soon as he heard that Emperor Chongzhen had summoned him, he knew what was going on. After all, the sea has been up and down for many years, and after Wen Tiren took a deep breath, his demeanor was calm, and he was called away quickly.

When he entered the Wenhua Hall and found that Emperor Chongzhen was the only one in the hall, he couldn't help but feel happy, it seemed that no matter what the emperor thought, he didn't want others to hear it.

After Emperor Chongzhen greeted Wen Tiren, he smiled and said: "I have read Qing's recital, but because the matter is very important, I still want to hear what Qing himself said. ”

When Wen Tiren heard this, he cleaned up his mind and immediately played respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the foundation of the imperial court's taxation is the field tax. The most recent inspection was in the early years of Wanli. Therefore, the minister thought that it was necessary to conduct a nationwide land measurement and verification and recompile the field book. ”

At the end of each long dynasty, there was a serious land annexation, and the accuracy of the registered fields was seriously inaccurate. This is something that anyone who reads understands. However, in order to effectively measure and verify land throughout the country, there must be a premise, and the imperial court must vigorously promote it. In this case, one is that in the early years of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng was in power, equivalent to the general authority of the emperor, or the emperor knew the importance of the matter, and strictly implemented it firmly and unswervingly.

Now, Wen Tiren is not Zhang Juzheng, so his proposal must be fully supported by Emperor Chongzhen, that is, the emperor's attitude determines the feasibility of this matter.

After he finished speaking, he found that the emperor was just as he had expected, nodded and said, "Yes, no matter what, this thing must be done once." Wen Qing's strategy, I am right! ”

If it was before December last year, even if Emperor Chongzhen said so, Wen Tiren still had no bottom in his heart, he was afraid that the emperor would be persuaded by the Donglin Party to change his mind in the blink of an eye. Since December last year, Emperor Chongzhen's series of things have reassured him that the emperor's decisions are all decided after thinking about it, and they will never be changed easily.

However, what he was most worried about was the next thing, and he wanted to avoid it, but he had no choice but to find that if he wanted to really change the current financial and tax situation, it was an unavoidable hurdle.

In desperation, his face became serious, to show the importance of the matter, and solemnly said straight to the point.